Swift 18 Owners

I am currently refitting a Swift 18. I have stripped down and serviced the windlas's and am ready to refit them, but now I'm not sure which one goes on which side!!, I should have labled them in some way when I removed them.

Its important so the ratchet mechanism works as intended. I need someone to confirm the direction of rotation i.e. should the windlass turn clockwise or anticlockwise. Assume we are talking about the starboard windlass....once I know this, the other windlass will be for the port side.

Any advise would be appreciated. I don't want to put them back the wrong sides!

Thanks

Jim

If by the windlasses you mean the winches, both on my early Swift (No 60) only rotate clockwise.

Happy sailing

Geoff Cook (Quadrille)


From: dewaard [mailto:forum-sails@swift18.org]
Sent: 04 July 2007 22:50
To: forum-sails@swift18.org
Subject: SPAM-LOW: [Swift 18] windlas rotation direction?


I am currently refitting a Swift 18. I have stripped down and serviced the windlas's and am ready to refit them, but now I'm not sure which one goes on which side!!, I should have labled them in some way when I removed them.

Its important so the ratchet mechanism works as intended. I need someone to confirm the direction of rotation i.e. should the windlass turn clockwise or anticlockwise. Assume we are talking about the starboard windlass....once I know this, the other windlass will be for the port side.

Any advise would be appreciated. I don't want to put them back the wrong sides!

Thanks

Jim

Post generated using Mail2Forum (http://www.mail2forum.com)